Morning journal and courier., 1887-01-03
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. THE MURDER OF DRUSE. A Thrilling Tale By His
 Slayer. . THREE HUNDRED LIVES LOST By Fire In A Park At
 Madras. A NEW JEWISH SEMINARY. |
\ NEW JEWISH SEMINARY.
Lady Colin Campbell Again
 In Public.
THE CONDEMNED mURDEREss

THE CONDEMNED MURDERESS
 Tells the Story of Her Husband' Death
 Mrs. Druse Talks for the First lime and Alleges Shocking Brutality at the
 Hands of Her Victim.
 NEW YORK, Jan. 2-The Star recently
 sent reporter to Rich6eld Springs and the
 vicinity to investigate the circumstances of
 the murder of William Druse by his wife, for
 which crime the woman is now under sen- tence of death. He found an almost univer- sal feeling in her favor The stories of Druses brutality as told by his neighbors are appalling and would seem incredible if they were not corroborated in detail on every hand. The woman was evidently driven to desperation by Druse's fendish cruelty. Af- ter making these inquiries the reporter con ferred with MT. Luce, counsel for the woman, and obtained his promise to advise Mrs. Druse to make statement of the facts in the case. Mir. Luce and the reporter drove over to Herkimer jail where Mrs. Druse is con- fined and after some conversation the prisoner abandoned her long silence on the subject and consented to make statement. After recounting many details of Druse's cruelty running through all their married life Mrs. Druse entered upon an account of what happened on the day of the murder. She said: ''I heard swearing before got out of bed. He was swearing at Frank for mak- ing hot fire. Mary answered him and he swore at me and said it was my place to see to it. He went out to the barn, but what he did I do not know. He went to the we'll to wash. A board was out there and he came %1o rl He said You, you - - ran into the buttery and he followed me with the axe in hand. He pounded at the door with the axe; the marks are still there. That was about seven o'clock. Then there was something about the store bill don't recollect. told him that I had got part of the things for him, tobacco and such. He said in a rage: There will be different arrangements before night. You'll not see another service. I'll stop your - breath He went to the barn with his pitchfork. When he came in the tea had been steeped too long. I had the revolver in my bosom. 1 was afraid he would kill me. Mary and were in the par Tor and did not know what to do. took it from the bureau. Charles Yates gave it to Mary the year before. We had herrings for breakfast and he had his jacknife out using it because it was sharper than the table knife He found fault with the tea and said, This is some of that = Chet Crimms' tea You bought it ityourself, said. You lie, he said and he grabbed hold of me. He raised the knife SOL and with this Mrs. Druse raised her hand and showed how the knife was held. q thought he meant to kill me. My first thought was my revol- ver I fired and the hammer cut my finger. never fired off @ pistol before. just wounded him. He settled back in his chair. I was just scared to death. 1almost tainted. Frank Yates and George came in. don't know what did. I was almost gone, but I Frank shot three times. Then Charles Yates came in."
 "Are you sure of that?" the reporter asked her warningly. "I'll swear to that when I am dying,'' she said soberly. ''That is the last thing I - will have to say. If it was not Yates himself it was someone with mask like his face The first time I saw this person was when he came to the window at the time of the firing. This Mir. Luce knows he came into the parlor door and fired. There were more shots-the marks are on the wall. Then the other man came in. He had red dish whiskers."
 ssDid you know him?' "He was Fillmore
 -, but there was another man. I don't know who he was. Yates said he was going to Elmore's and heard the firing. I first saw him when he stood at the door and 8 bullet passed my head. We did not know what to do. Yates told us to go out. We tied the door with the rope to the sewing machine to keep him from tracking blood all over the house. Yates took the body into the parlor and then went home."